Bottle and jar seal.



L. G. STEININGER & A. A. WALRATH.

BOTTLE AND JAR SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 190a.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

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UNITED STATES P grENT OFFICE.

LOUIS G. STEININGER, OF FORT PLAIN, AND ALTON A WALRATH, OF MINDEN,

NEW YORK.

BOTTLE AND JAR SEAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

Application filed September 2, 1908. Serial No. 451,309.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LoUIs G. STEININGER and AL'roN A. WALRA'I'H, citzens of the United States, residing at Fort Plain and Minden, respectively, in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle and Jar Seals, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

Our invention relates to an improved bottle and jar-seal, and we declare the following is a full, clear, concise and exact description thereof, sul'licient to enable one skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters refer to like parts throughout.

Vhile we call the device a bottle and jarseal it is also applicable to seal any sort of a receptacle, such as a fruit-jar, crock, case or other vessel wherein the contents are to be sealed against atmospheric actions, or the effect of all tainting or corrodiug closure members or materials. The advantages of the device are somewhat pointed out herein, the illustrations showing some of its applications.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows it applied to a fruit-jar of familiar style. Fig. 2 is a medial sectional view of the metallic portion of the stopper. Fig. 3 shows the device in place for closing a bottle, a different kind of fastening device being shown, while Fig. it: shows the bottle sealed. Fig. 5 shows a bottle scaled, the metallic spring-like member being of different style, Fig. 6 showing the bottle ready for sealing.

Referring to the figures in detail A represents the vessel to be sealed, on which there will be the ordinary lip or curved edge a, of greater or less extent, as the case may be.

In Fig. 1 the receptacle is an ordinary fruit-jar adapted to receive the fastener in this case the threaded ring B for holding the cover on the jar. The ordinary glass cover B is used in conjunction therewith, the two making the cap and fastener. In-the other figures the fastener is a metallic cap C having its rim 0 somewhat elastic, the same being provided with inwardly projected teeth 0 so formed and placed that the cap, being forced onto the bottle, the teeth will engage the bottle as at a, at the under edge a curved annular channel, to fit on or over the lip surface of the bottle or jar and by pressure thereon yield sufficiently to press against the lip for a considerable extent of surface as seen in the several figures, or at a plurality of points, as in the form of fastener shown in Fig. 1 where the jar has a surface a outside of what has been termed the lip and to fit which the seal 1), in that case, has its outer edge curved in section, in the annular spring edge (1. From the outer edge, this sealing member is formed to rise toward the center part D, which in the disk form is at the center and in the other form is at the inner edge of the ring. Intermes diate the outer edge of this sea in member and the central part it is forme in such lines, in cross-section as will give it the desired resiliency. As seen, the central part of this member, when the closure or fastening devices are secured in place, is pressed upon by such devices and crowded inward which applies a considerable pressure of the sealing member described against the lip of the jar or, vessel, yet a pressure somewhat yield ing so as to conform the sealing members to the lip of the vessel in an evenly distributed pressing contact. It is to be noted that the extent of such contacting surface, both on the inside and outside of the lip, or the number of such contacting points is such that, though the lip be chipped at points the sealin contact; is eflected at other parts of the surface or at other points so that the chipping of the vessel does not interfere with the efliciency of the seal. The other sealing member, by the use of which particularly the seal becomes air-tight, consists of a softer member E, in the form of a disk preferably. This member, or lining of the other seal member as it may be termed, since the two may be secured together, is preferably made of a somewhat spongy material, such as paper, of a proper thickness. It is preferably treated in some suitable way, as by oil or a coating of paraffin, so as to make it proof against the action of the contents of the vessel and against affecting the contents in any way, unless as a preservative. The outer edge of this member conforms more or less to that of the other sealing member, but its interior portion is substantially plane. It will be seen that this member lies between the hp of the bottle or jar and the metallic seal and that when the parts are properly placed and. the closure or fastening members secured in closed position the bottle is tightly sealed from all outer conditions.

The many advantages of the invention, in durability, simplicity. and economy, need not be detailed, being shown herewith in one application thereof, and apparent to any one familiar with the requirements and uses of such devices.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a sealing device for a jar having an annular upstanding lip at its mouth surrounded by an outwardly extending concavely curving shoulder the con'ibination of a cap formed to engage the jar, a metallic corrugated resilient member having a curved annular channel adjacent to its periphery and an annular spring edge cl, said annular channel being in approximate conformity with the lip and said spring edge 03 in approximate conformity with the surface of the jar outside of the lip and said resilient member being adapted to be engaged by the cap, and a sealing member E, composed of some yielding substance having its edge in conformity with the lip and outer surface of the jar and adapted to be pressed or forced into an hermetically sealing position by the resilient member.

2. In a sealing device, the combination with a jar, having an upstanding lip at itsmouth, a sealing disk and a cap having means whereby to secure the same to the jar, of a resilient seal above the disk formed with a series of annular curves extending upwardly and inwardly, the outer edge being formed with a yielding channel portion adapted to spread and to fit closely the lip of the jar, its inner portion being pressed downward and inwardly by the cap when being secured to the jar whereby the resiliency of the seal efiects close cont-act of its edge and the edge of the disk with the lip of the jar across the top of the lip and against the inner and the outer surface I:

thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS Gr. STEININGER. ALTON A. WALRATH.

\Vitnesses:

JOSEPH L. Moons, LEONARD B. MOORE. 

